Make This Game:

Before your spring event, make this cute caterpillar - it took us about 20 minutes - it was so easy!

Simply draw a large leaf design on your 3 green pieces of posterboard and cut out. Next, using the large side of a plastic bucket, trace a circle out of the blue poster board and make the face of your caterpillar. Next, using your packing tape, add the googly eyes to your circle as shown and tape to your bucket.

Your next step is to form your antenna by twisting two large pipe cleaners together at the base and curl the ends. Using strong tape, attach the antenna to the inside of your bucket.

Finally, we used the bucket handles to hold our caterpillar's legs in place which were 1 matching colored large pipe cleaner bent as shown in our pictures.

Game Setup:

Simply lay out your leaves and add your caterpillar segments on top (we places them in rainbow order, but you can lay yours out however you wish) - nothing to it!

Place your Foam Balls "Caterpillar Eggs" in small baskets - 1 of each color which is 5 foam balls per basket!

Set out your Stand Behind Lines.

Note: When we put the game together - the sponge balls were not a perfect colormatch for the buckets -but we thought the rainbow of color of the buckets for the caterpillar looked adorable!

Our solution was to simply have kids toss the red ball into the bright pink bucket. In addition, we told the carnival players if a ball landedin the purple bucket it did not count. This made the game little more challenging and it worked great!

How to Play this Easy Spring Carnival Game:

Children are handed 5 Caterpillar Eggs (sponge balls) in a small basket - one of each color.

The object of the game is to land each one of the balls in a matching color bucket to get a point.

Additional Hints & Tips:

Of course, this can easily be setup and played inside in a school hallway or gym too!

Note: On a really breezy day, this game could be frustrating to play outside as the foam balls will be hard to toss. Feel free to move your Crazy Caterpillar inside if you are having trouble with wind gusts!

This is a fantastic game for School Spring Carnivals and Easter Egg Hunts too! We love that the buckets stack for storage and of course, the large leaves store flat. This simple DIY game can be used for years to come!